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Dave's Top Eight
1. Jerry Reed...Revisited by Darrell Toney (reviewed 6/07) (5 Stars) Click title to purchase at CBD.com...click artist name to read Dave's Review. A CD will automatically fall out of the Top Eight after twelve months if no CD surpasses it before then.
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-----------January 4, 2005Hymn StoriesI've often recommended the book Amazing Grace: 366 Inspiring Hymn Stories For Daily Devotions to individuals interested in learning the stories behind familiar hymns. The author, Kenneth Osbeck, has actually written more than a dozen books along this line, but Amazing Grace is probably his most popular volume due to the devotional format. With 366 entries, it also offers the most bang for the buck..
I was recently given the second book in a series titled Then Sings My Soul by Robert J. Morgan. This book includes 150 hymns with the story behind the hymn on each facing page. Morgan has presented the hymns in chronological order . . . ranging from "O Sacred Head, Now Wounded" (1153) to "Join All The Glorious Names" (2004). Most of the entries have a 19th or 20th century origin. A number of the hymns included in Then Sings My Soul are still sung frequently by Southern Gospel artists . . . "Because He Lives" and "Haven Of Rest" being a couple of examples. You can brush up on your hymn trivia with these books. For example, did you know it was a guy from Iowa who wrote the words "There's a call comes ringing o'er the restless wave?" He moved to California and saw the ocean first, though. Books by Morgan and Osbeck are available online at www.cbd.com. posted by David Bruce Murray @ 3:25:00 AM
 
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